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Quote by Matthew Arnold
Poetry a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a c

Poetry a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty. – Matthew Arnold

Other quotes by Matthew Arnold

Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur. – Matthew Arnold

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Men
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Matthew Arnold
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With close-lipped Patience for our only friend, Sad Patience, too near neighbor to Despair. – Matthew Arnold

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Patience
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Matthew Arnold
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Other Quotes from
Beauty
category

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! – Oliver Goldsmith

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Beauty

Its the beauty and curse of doing a daily show. Some days youve got nothing to talk about and other days Dick Cheney shoots his lawyer in the face and everyone is happy. – Craig Ferguson

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Beauty

I didnt grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny – those are the things I got feedback on. – Lauren Graham

Category:
Beauty

Ive been on the cover of Time magazine three times, not for my beauty but because what I was doing was newsworthy around the world. Ive worked with teams all my life, but Ive been nice and Ive been kind. – Cheryl Tiegs

Category:
Beauty

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Necessity does the work of courage. – Nicholas Murray Butler

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Courage
[A] hangover is the wrath of grapes. – Youngman 1987

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Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. – Geoffrey Chaucer

Category:
Women

I have noticed… that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women. – Marilyn Monroe

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alone